A study released this week by the Brookings Institution gives advice on how North Dakota and other shale play states can do a better job of planning for and avoiding boom and bust cycles in the oil and natural gas industry. READ MORESHARE

Sixty-five years after oil was discovered in North Dakota, Hess Corp. shipped 175,000 barrels of Bakken crude to The Netherlands, becoming the first producer in the state export oil overseas after the lifting of the U.S. export ban.READ MORESHARE

Exploration and production firms and other energy companies surveyed in the Federal Reserves's 10th District say they need oil prices to average $51 a barrel to be profitable, but don't expect a rebound in prices until later in 2017. READ MORESHARE